Ion-induced nanoscale ripple patterns on Si surfaces: theory and experiment

A Keller, S Facsko - Materials, 2010 - mdpi.com
Nanopatterning of solid surfaces by low-energy ion bombardment has received
considerable interest in recent years. This interest was partially motivated by promising …

Making waves: kinetic processes controlling surface evolution during low energy ion sputtering

WL Chan, E Chason - Journal of applied physics, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
When collimated beams of low energy ions are used to bombard materials, the surface often
develops a periodic pattern or “ripple” structure. Different types of patterns are observed to …

Surface engineering with ion beams: from self-organized nanostructures to ultra-smooth surfaces

F Frost, B Ziberi, A Schindler, B Rauschenbach - Applied Physics A, 2008 - Springer
Low-energy ion-beam sputtering, ie the removal of atoms from a surface due to the impact of
energetic ions or atoms, is an inherent part of numerous surface processing techniques …

Self-organized metal nanowire arrays with tunable optical anisotropy

A Toma, D Chiappe, D Massabo, C Boragno… - Applied Physics …, 2008 - pubs.aip.org
Here we report on the development of an unconventional approach for the physical
synthesis of laterally ordered self-organized arrays of metallic nanowires supported on …

Self-organized surface nanopatterning by ion beam sputtering

J Muñoz-García, L Vázquez, R Cuerno… - Toward Functional …, 2009 - Springer
The production of self-organized surface nanopatterns by ion beam sputtering (IBS) at low (<
10 keV) and intermediate (10–100 keV) energies has emerged in the last decade as a …

SERS amplification by ultra-dense plasmonic arrays on self-organized PDMS templates

D Repetto, MC Giordano, A Foti, PG Gucciardi… - Applied Surface …, 2018 - Elsevier
High density gold nanostructures are grown by thermal deposition on flat and
nanostructured polymeric templates by exploiting the extraordinarily low wettability of Au on …

Anisotropic Nanoscale Wrinkling in Solid‐State Substrates

MC Giordano, FB de Mongeot - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Pattern formation induced by wrinkling is a very common phenomenon exhibited in soft‐
matter substrates. In all these systems, wrinkles develop in the presence of compressively …

Abrupt pattern transitions in argon ion bombarded swinging Si substrates

Rakhi, S Sarkar - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
We investigated morphology evolution of 500-eV Ar+ sputtered Si surfaces at an incidence
of 67∘ using an unconventional method of substrate swinging by different azimuthal angles …

Formation of nanoripples on amorphous alumina thin films during low-energy ion-beam sputtering: experiments and simulations

D Babonneau, E Vandenhecke, S Camelio - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
The formation of nanopatterns induced by low-energy (0.5–1.5 keV) Xe+ ion-beam
sputtering of amorphous alumina thin films is investigated by atomic force microscopy and …

Self-organized broadband light trapping in thin film amorphous silicon solar cells

C Martella, D Chiappe, PD Veneri, LV Mercaldo… - …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Nanostructured glass substrates endowed with high aspect ratio one-dimensional
corrugations are prepared by defocused ion beam erosion through a self-organized gold …